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      Columnist Bret Stephens on "Meet the Press"

      Deadly Disinformation – The Underreported Scandal at the New York Times

      Presenting both sides of an issue as if they stand on equal, fact-based footing when they don't is not journalism. It's an insidious form of disinformation.

      Steven Harper
      Mar 16, 2023

      Today's assignment:

      You write for the most influential newspaper in America. Your recent column about COVID relied on dubious sourcing, specifically, Person A, who agreed with your personal views on the issue.

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      U.S. President Donald Trump introduces Florida Governor Ron DeSantis

      The American Crisis of Trust—Let's Learn from Leading Democracies

      Is it possible to turn the tide toward truthful exchange? Yes, if we take immediate responsibility as well as carefully embrace long-term strategies

      Frances Moore Lappe
      Feb 06, 2023

      So, Donald Trump is back on social media. What a perfect moment to grapple with our nation's crisis of trust.

      A 2022 Gallup poll found that less than 30 percent of us have "a great deal (or quite a lot) of confidence in U.S. institutions," and that's "as low as it has ever been." Among 16 institutions tested, 11 registered decline. And the steepest drop? Trust in the presidency "fell off a cliff," reported CNN.Eight in 10 of us believe our democracy is threatened.

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      A mobile billboard outside Meta headquarters that reads "Facebook employees, don't let Trump and his disinformation back on Facebook."

      Trump's Return to Facebook Is About More Than Just Trump

      Trumpism online exploited what was already there: the profit-over-people business model of our digital spaces.

      Jelani Drew-Davi
      Jan 26, 2023

      Start my morning with me in May 2020: I've just fed my dog. I'm brushing my teeth. I'm mentally making my to-do list and trying to decide if I should stay in sweatpants for the third day in a row. And suddenly none of my plans matter, because Trump just posted an insinuation that Black Lives Matter activists should be shot. Facebook declines to remove the post while Mark Zuckerberg fixes his fingers to defend his decision. And my day is toast.

      Now that Meta has decided to let Trump back on Facebook and Instagram, I can't help but have flashbacks to recent years, when bracing myself for whatever fresh hell I would have to experience on the internet became a part of my morning routine.

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